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Federal Priorities:
- New: The Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 Introduced
- Caucus: Tell Your Congressional Representative: Join the Cannabis Caucus
- Protect Our Progress: Bipartisan Leaders Reintroduce the Respect State Marijuana Laws Act
- Deschedule Marijuana: The Ending Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2017
- Advocacy: Contact the ONDCP Commission: Medical Marijuana as an Alternative to Opioids
- Timely (Budget Process): Tell Your Elected Officials To Protect Lawful Medical Marijuana Programs From Attorney General Jeff Sessions
- Timely (Budget Process): Federal: Amendment To Expand Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana
Additional Federal Efforts:
- Legalization: The Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act Introduced (Senate and House Bill)
- Veterans: House Bill Introduced to Expand Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana
- Medical: Legislation To Protect Medical Marijuana Patients Pending In Senate (CARERS Act)
- Medical: Bill Seeks to Reschedule Marijuana Under the CSA
- Medical: Remove Federal Restrictions on CBD
- Judicial: Demand That The New US Attorney’s Respect State Marijuana Laws
- Judicial: End Arbitrary License Suspensions For Minor Marijuana Possession (The Better Drive Act)
- Economic: Legislation Pending To Halt Federal Forfeiture Actions Against Marijuana Facilities
- Economic: Legislation Pending To Cease Penalizing State-Compliant Marijuana Businesses Under the Federal Tax Code
- Economic: Support The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act)
- Economic: Support the State Marijuana And Regulatory Tolerance (SMART) Enforcement Act
- Economic: House and Senate Measures Seek to Protect Marijuana Businesses and Consumers
- Hemp: Exclude Hemp From the Controlled Substances Act
- Science: Legislation To Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research
- Advocacy: Tell AAA To Stop Lying About Legalization
- Advocacy: Tell President Trump to Abolish the Office of the Drug Czar
2018 State Legislation: Tell Your Lawmakers To Put Marijuana On Their 2018 Agenda
2018 State Legislation: Legalization
2018 State Legislation: Decriminalization
2017 State Legislation: Awaiting Gubernatorial Action
- New York: Legislation To Add PTSD as a Qualifying Condition Sent To Governors
- Rhode Island: Bill Establishing a Marijuana Legalization Study Committee Awaits Governor’s Signature
Read the Full List of 2017 Approved and Enacted Legislation
2017 State Legislation: Legalization
- Timely (Comments accepted through 10/27/17): Alaska: Proposed Regulations For Public Consumption
- Connecticut: Democrats Revive Marijuana Legalization Plan In Budget Fight (updated 5/16)
- DC: Legalization Measure Re-Introduced to City Council
- Illinois: Marijuana Legalization Bills Introduced
- New Jersey: Legislation Introduced to Legalize Marijuana (updated 6/19)
- Pennsylvania: Legalization Bill Introduced
- Wisconsin: Bill Filed To Regulate Marijuana Possession, Use, Sales (updated 8/25)
2017 State Legislation: Decriminalization
- Pennsylvania: Measure Pending to Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties (updated 4/27)
- Wisconsin: Measure Pending to Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties (updated 6/26)
2017 State Legislation: Other
- California: Support Legislation to Protect Marijuana Laws From Federal Interference (updated 6/27)
- Massachusetts: Cannabis Control Commission Seeking Public Comment
- Massachusetts: Support Legislation to End Discrimination Against Medical Marijuana Consumers (updated 3/16)
- Oregon: Legislation Pending To Permit Social Use (updated 5/31)
- Wisconsin: Legislation Pending to Allow Licensed CBD Production
2017 State Legislation: Medical
- Florida: Tell The Board of Medicine to Stop Stoking Marijuana Fears
- Timely (Comments accepted through 11/7/17) Virginia: Tell the JCHC to Allow Cannabis Oil Access for Patients
- Wisconsin: Legislation Introduced To Legalize Medical Marijuana (updated 2/27)
- Wisconsin: Legislation to Permit Medical Marijuana Ballot Question in Next General Election
2017 Local Legislation NORML Chapters Support
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2017 Legislation NORML Opposes
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2017 Hemp Legislation
- Illinois: Legislation Pending To Expand Industrial Hemp Cultivation
- Wisconsin: Industrial Hemp Legislation Pending
2017 Vetoed Legislation
- Arizona: Governor Vetoes Legislation Permitting Commerce In Industrial Hemp
- Florida: Governor Vetoes Funding Effort For Medical Cannabis Research
- Nevada: Governor Vetoes Bill Vacating Past Marijuana Convictions
- New Mexico: Two Hemp Bills Vetoed
- New Mexico: Legislation to Expand Medical Cannabis Program Vetoed
- Vermont: Governor Vetoes Marijuana Depenalization Measure; Says He Remains Open To Working With Lawmakers This Summer
2017 Tabled Legislation
- Alaska: Bill Introduced to Protect Marijuana Industry from Federal Interference
- Arkansas: Oppose The Legislation To Indefinitely Delay Medical Marijuana Implementation
- Arkansas: Oppose The Bill To Impose Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Arizona: Measures Introduced To Regulate Marijuana Retail Sales
- Arizona: Measure introduced To Defelonize Minor Marijuana Offenses
- Colorado: Legislation to Protect Marijuana Laws From Federal Interference “Postponed Indefinitely"
- Connecticut: Adult Use Marijuana Regulatory Bills Filed In House and Senate
- Connecticut: Oppose The Bill To Impose Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Delaware: Marijuana Legalization Legislation Stalled
- Florida: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure introduced
- Florida: House/Senate Fail to Reconcile Amendment 2 Implementation Measure
- Florida: Oppose Bill To Impose Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Georgia: Legislation Pending to Reduce Minor Marijuana Possession Offenses
- Hawaii: Marijuana Legalization Measures Pending
- Hawaii: Multiple Decriminalization Measures Pending
- Hawaii: Oppose The Bill To Impose Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Indiana: Legislation Seeks to Provide Medical Marijuana Access
- Iowa: Bill Pending to Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties
- Kansas: Support Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Reform
- Kansas: Legislation Pending To Permit Patients Access to Low-THC Cannabis
- Kentucky: Legislation Reintroduced to Legalize Marijuana in 2017
- Kentucky: Legislation to Establish a Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Program
- Maine: Require Insurance to Cover Medical Marijuana Expenses
- Maine: Support Measure to Expedite Retail Cannabis Sales
- Maryland: Marijuana Legalization Pending
- Maryland: Marijuana Legalization Constitutional Amendment Introduced
- Maryland: Oppose Measure To Impose Zero Tolerant Presumptive THC Impairment Standards
- Minnesota: Marijuana Legalization Measure Introduced
- Missouri: Marijuana Legalization Bill Introduced
- Missouri: Multiple Medical Marijuana Bills Pending
- Mississippi: Legislation Introduced to Establish a Medical Marijuana Pilot Program
- Montana: Oppose The Proposed Tax on Medical Marijuana
- Nebraska: Lawmakers Move Medical Marijuana Bill
- Nevada: Legislation Pending To Permit Social Use
- Nevada: Measure Seeks to Vacate Former Marijuana Convictions
- New Hampshire: Marijuana Legalization Legislation Pending Before House Lawmakers
- New Hampshire: Patient Cultivation Bill Pending
- New Hampshire: Senate Legalization Bill Pending
- New Mexico: Legislation To Legalize Marijuana
- New Mexico: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure
- North Dakota: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure Introduced
- New York: Legalization Measure Introduced to Legislature (updated 6/13)
- New York: Legislation To Expand State’s Medical Marijuana Law
- New York: Legislation Pending to Eliminate ‘Public View’ Marijuana Possession Arrests
- New York: Seal Past Marijuana Possession Convictions (updated 3/27)
- New York: Senate Legislation Pending To Expand Patients’ Access to Medical Cannabis (updated 5/18)
- New York: Legislation Introduced To Expand Patients’ Medical Marijuana Access
- North Carolina: Medical Marijuana Legislation Filed
- Oklahoma: Legislation Pending To Establish a Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Program
- Oklahoma: Hemp Production Legislation Introduced
- Oregon: Legislation to End Workplace Discrimination Against Adult Marijuana Consumers Stalls Among Lawmakers
- Rhode Island: Legislation Pending To Increase Medical Cannabis Access
- South Carolina: Medical Marijuana Legislation Introduced
- South Dakota: Legislation Pending to Eliminate Internal Possession Offenses
- Tennessee: Support Measure To Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties
- Tennessee: Legislation to Establish a Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Program
- Texas: Lawmakers Introduce Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation
- Texas: Comprehensive Medical Marijuana Legislation Introduced
- Texas: Request To Establish An Interim Committee To Study The Feasibility Of Medical Cannabis
- Texas: Legislature to Grapple with Affirmative Defense Bill
- Vermont: Legislation to Tax and Regulate the Sale of Marijuana
- Virginia: Decriminalization Delayed But Future is Bright
- Virginia: Juvenile Expungement Bill Fails In House Committee
- Virginia: Legislature to Address Cannabidiol Affirmative Defense Bill
- Washington: Oppose Measure Seeking to Repeal Marijuana Legalization
- Washington: Legislation Pending to Permit Home Cultivation
- Washington: Support Legislation to End Workplace Discrimination Against Medical Marijuana Consumers
- West Virginia: Legislation Introduced to Legalize Marijuana
- Wyoming: Marijuana Decriminalization Measure Introduced
- Wyoming: Legislation Introduced to Legalize Marijuana for Adult Use
- Wyoming: Oppose Senate Changes To Marijuana Penalty Reform Bill
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